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Fabric user interface can be worn on your sleeve — and machine-washed

Nature作者：Shanshan Yao2026年10月21日查看原文 ↗
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Touch-sensitive, light-emitting yarn can turn everyday clothing into washable, bendable user interfaces with dynamic graphics and versatile computing functions.

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  1. Shanshan Yao

    1. Shanshan Yao is in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA.

Writing in Nature, Fu et al.1 report a fabric sleeve that displays graphics, senses touch and environmental conditions, and conducts simple computational tasks, all while stretching and breathing like ordinary cloth. By seamlessly assembling electronic devices directly into fibres, the authors have turned everyday clothing into a graphical user interface (GUI) — a visual display, similar to a smartphone screen, that allows people to interact with electronic devices.

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-03064-5

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